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• KJI Birthday Events Begin

  On 7 February the DPRK’s State Stamp Bureau issued commemorative stamps to mark Kim Jong Il’s birth anniversary. According to Rodong Sinmun “the stamps show... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Posthumous State Titles Issued to People’s Security Officers

  

  Col. Ri Pyong Sam, Director of the Korean People’s Internal Security Forces Political Bureau, participated in a ceremony presenting two provincial people’s... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Two Academic Awards/Prize Ceremonies Held For Scientists in Pyongyang

  

  DPRK Vice Premier Kim Yong Jin (R) reads a citation at the 2013 ceremony for the 16 February Science and Technology Prize at the People’s Palace of Culture in... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Defense Ministry Commemorates “One-Match for a Hundred” Anniversary

  

  Kim Il Sung visits Mt. Taedok in 1963 (L) and Kim Jong Il visits the historical site (R) in 1996 (Photos: KCNA) DPRK state media reported on 5 February (Tuesday... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Kim Jong Un Chairs Meeting of Party Central Military Commission and KPA Senior...

  

  Kim Jong Un addresses an enlarged meeting of the Korean Workers’ Party Central Military Commission (Photo: KCNA) The Party Central Military Commission, as of... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Kim Jong Un Attends Photo Op with Party Cell Meeting Participants

  

  Commemorative photograph of Kim Jong Un and senior DPRK officials with participants at 4th Meeting of Korean Workers’ Party Cell Secretaries (Photo: KCNA) DPRK... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• More Activity at Punggye-ri

  

  Preparation work continues at the DPRK’s nuclear test facility at Punggye-ri (Photo: Yonhap)   On 2 February (Saturday), South Korean [ROK] media reported that... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Taep’ung Investment Group Formally Dissolved

  

  A 2010 meeting of borad members of the DPRK State Development Bank, linked to the Taep’ung International Investment Group. In this image are Jon Il Chun (R)... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Watching the Aquarium for Three-Eyed Fish

  

  (Photos: KCTV screengrabs) Yonhap News Agency reported on 31 January (Thursday) that South Korean [ROK] “raised the alert level in front-line units amid... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 4th Meeting of Party Cell Secretaries Closes

  

  Kim Jong Un spekas during the last day of the 4th Meeting Party Cell Secretaries on 29 January 2013 in Pyongyang (Photo: Rodong Sinmun) DPRK state media reporte... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 2nd Phase of Hu’ich’o'n Power Station Construction Opened at Ceremony

  

  DPRK Cabinet Premier Choe Yong Rim (L) speaks at a ceremony opening the second phase of the Hu’ich’o'n Power Station construction (R) in Hyangsan County, North... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 4th Party Cell Secretaries Meeting Opens with KJU Address

  

  View of the rostrum of the 4th Meeting of Korean Workers’ Party Cell Secretaries in Pyongyang on 28 January 2013 (Photo: Rodong Sinmun) DPRK state media reporte... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Kim Jong Un Attends Meeting of Foreign Affairs and State Security Meeting

  

  Kim Jong Un meets with senior officials the new situation and circumstances prevailing on the Korean Peninsula and in its vicinity” (Photo: Rodong Sinmun) DPRK... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Party Cell Secretaries Arrive in Pyongyang

  

  Party cell secretaries and participants at the 4th Meeting of Secretaries of Cells of the KWP arrive at Pyongyang Centraal Railway Station (L) on 26 January... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• DPRK Newspaper Says Nuclear Test is “people’s Demand” as Construction...

  

  Images of a tunnel entrance (top) and tunnel leading to the nuclear detonation site. These images appeared in episode 4 of the 2009 Korea Film Studios’ feature... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Party Cell Secretaries to Meet on 28 January, Political Bureau Issues Report

  

  The KWP Political Bureau (or KWP Central Committee Political Bureau) as of January 2013, projecting Jang Song Taek’s membership on its Presidium (standing... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• DPRK Premier Visits Steel Production Site and War Memorial Museum

  

  Choe Yong Rim (2nd L) tours renovation construction work at the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War (Korean War ) Museum in Pyongyang (Photo: KCNA) DPRK state... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• NDC Issues Statement the DPRK to Conduct “A Nuclear Test of Higher Level”

  

  The DPRK National Defense Commission (drawn by Michael Madden/NKLW using KCNA/KCTV photos) DPRK state media reported on 24 January (Thursday) the country’s... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• UNSC “Condemns” U’nha-3 Launch

  

  U’nha-3 rocket on display at the Sanum-dong research and development facility in northern Pyongyang (Photos: KCTV screengrabs) On 22 January (Tuesday) the Unite... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Documentary Film on KJU’s Security Orgs Visits During August to November 2012

  

  DPRK state media over the weekend release a documentary film of Kim Jong Un’s visiting Korean People’s Army [KPA] sites, interactions with members of internal... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY